Breast cancer : prognosis, treatment, and prevention /: prognosis, treatment, and prevention. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jorge R. Pasqualini.
• Other Names: Pasqualini, Jorge R
• Contents: Breast architecture and the pathogenesis of cancer / Jose Russo and Irma H. Russo -- The enzymatic systems in the formation and transformation of estrogens in normal and cancerous human breast : control and potential clinical applications / Jorge R. Pasqualini and Gerard S. Chetrite -- Pregnancy and breast cancer / Jan Wohlfahrt and Mads Melbye -- The cellular origins of breast cancer subtypes / Andrew H. Sims [and others] -- The importance of estrogen receptors in breast cancer / Raquel Schiff, Jennifer Selever, and Suzanne A.W. Fuqua -- Progesterone receptor isoforms and human breast cancer / Anne Gompel and Aurelie Courtin -- Compensatory signalling promoted by antihormones and anti-growth factor therapies in breast cancer : a starting point for the development of resistance to targeted treatment / Robert I. Nicholson [and others] -- Apoptosis, cell death and breast cancer / Ayesha N. Shajahan, Rebecca B. Riggins, and Robert Clarke -- Aromatase inhibitors and their application to the treatment of breast cancer / Angela M.H. Brodie -- Aromatase inhibition in breast cancer : update of clinical applications / Paula D. Ryan and Paul E. Goss -- Testosterone, other androgens and breast cancer / Jean- Pierre Raynaud, Michelle Pujos-Gautraud and Jorge R. Pasqualini -- Combination of breast cancer prevention with tissue-targeted hormone replacement therapy / Fernand Labrie -- Practical progress in the chemoprevention of breast cancer with selective estrogen receptor modulators / Gregor M. Balaburski and V. Craig Jordan -- Oncostatic effect of analogs of LHRH on breast cancer / Andrew V. Schally and Jorg B. Engel -- Vitamin D and breast cancer / Joellen Welsh. Insulin-like growth factor signaling in normal mammary gland development and breast cancer progression / Angelo Casa [and others] -- Insulin-like growth factor-I and breast cancer : epidemiological and clinical data / Carlo Campagnoli [and others] -- Proliferation of breast cells by steroid hormones and their metabolites / Helenius J. Kloosterboer [and others] -- Lignans and breast cancer / Herman Adlercreutz -- Breast cancer risk, soyfood intake and isoflavone exposure : a review of the in vitro, animal, epidemiologic, and clinical literature / Mark Messina -- Body size and breast cancer / Ling Yang, Marie Lef, and Elisabete Weiderpass -- Antiangiogenic therapy of breast cancer : rationale and clinical results / Raffaele Longo [and others] -- Cytotoxic therapy and other nonhormonal approaches for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer / Christine M. Pellegrino and Joseph A. Sparano -- Adjuvant and neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy and biologic therapy for operable and locally advanced breast cancer / Joseph A. Sparano -- BRCA1, BRCA2, and hereditary breast cancer / Betsy A. Bove.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: New York : Informa Healthcare
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 596 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.99/449; Breast -- Cancer; Breast Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms -- prevention & control; Breast Neoplasms -- therapy; MEDICAL -- Oncology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer; Breast -- Cancer; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420058734; 1420058738; 9781420058727; 9780203909249; 0203909240
• Related ISBNs: 142005872X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.